Long Fighter pilot Poems

Leslie Holden came from East Adelaide a South Australia town 
When on 26 May 1915 he enlisted in the 4th Light Horse of the AIF renown
He was a driver when the 4th left for Egypt...

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Somewhere over Europe
A B-17 flies
Strafed and damaged
In her enemies skies

The flak has taken
Its toll on the plane
This crew so brave
In this theatre of war campaign

Many hours have passed
With no sight of the channel
Only land ahead
Is...

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His sister said to Johnny
“You’re going to go to war
The draft board called your number
They’ll be knocking on your door”
Johnny said “I don’t like marching
And I’ve never loved the sea
That only leaves one option
It’s the...

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As I wander through my mind, back to years now long gone by.
I stumble over many memories, some now faded and worn by father time.
Others clear, even brilliant, bring a tear, or a smile to...

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The heat and the wet is what you remember with dread
When Australian Servicemen and American engineers stopped them dead
The first defeat of the Japanese in New Guinea in their empire race
It was Milne Bay in...

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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.
Most noted
 (born November 22, 1942)
 is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer 
and fighter pilot, 
and former NASA astronaut, 
He who is the first African American
 and the...

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Silent replies
Silence surrounded

Fighter pilot he was before and before he could never stay silent

Astronaut thoughts, astronaut memories, astronauts fear!

Questions were thrown
Answers demanded

His eyes told the truth
His words stayed silent

He couldn’t lie to these people and...

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Son, I'm so proud that you elected to serve in the United States Marines.
Military service is a family tradition - it just happens to be in our genes!
Your forefathers have worn the uniform since the...

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Is it any wonder that on a recruit's first day of service he is befuddled?
From day one he's told to do things by the numbers and his brain is muddled!
From the moment he stepped off...

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“When all you thought was true, isn’t ...” 


When all you thought 
was true,
isn’t

an interesting 
conversation
sashays in 

opening
channels
has begun 

quite alien
epistemological
holy smoking light ray

stun gun 

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)

“Narayan”/The Prodigy
https://youtu.be/bzVjZu4fl4o



“UFOs, Religion & Technology”/UAP Society
https://youtu.be/FoWKTjSUx3s

Kyiv Astronomers capture...

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As a tad his soul was fired as he was regaled with family lore,
Rapt, hearing of his forebear's national service in times of yore.
Following tradition, he donned the uniform as his fathers did before,
Eager to...

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In the middle of a Thai hot summer, we ventured
into the high hills of North Thailand.
We were medics, a small out-reach team
serving the scattered rural villages
of that remote area.

Klauss, a dour civic engineer, by his...

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You've been my jumper now for too long, it's time for change, your wearing me out just
like i've been wearing you in, i'll tell you something and it's straight from the heart,
i'll tell you, i...

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I wanted to fly and be a fighter pilot

From my youngest age

Shooting enemy Soviet planes down

Before they could nuke us

The sky called to me

A lofty cavern of air and clouds

But my dream was just a...

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COME FLY WITH US
We need you to get on them airplanes
and fly.
Come fly with us
come fly lets fly today.
Fly to Dizzyland.
Fly to New Yolk and spend money.,
You are safe
we have US Sky Marshalls
in our airplanes
and...

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heat of the battle
dog fighters command the sky
top gunning air force


© Joseph S. Spence, Sr., (Epulaeryu Master) 1/22/08
All Rights Reserved, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Senior Advisor, to Founder of Motivational Strips
Ambassador De Literature
Noble Star of Literature 2018
Living...

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Little boy with eyes of
cloudless-sky-blue.

Hands lifted to trace trails
in imagined aether.

Climbing, climbing, climbing,
a boy no longer.

His father, bent over his drafting table,
bringing forth mammoth birds
of titanium and steel.

His dreams haunted by man-made wings, 
bearing him...

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Mystical the Rose 
A day 1 day came to me
Without a single thorn adorned
whom nature's bird's and bees flock to

When summer fragrant idol care's
it's fruit and petals to lay bare

And her wing's whilst flying bye
whispered...

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The bug was extraordinary;
he sprouted wings to fly.
He was above, taking in the clouds
very keen of sight.
He pretended to be a fighter pilot;
his imagination was extraordinary.

Sometimes he imagined that he was Snoopy,
fleas and all.
Can you...

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FIGHTER PILOT

So you are a fighter pilot in one of today’s latest jets. 
Tell me what it is like to fly, to fight and to die in the air? 
All of the crushing g-forces and...

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Look right through me
Look for the 21 old spitfire fighter pilot me
On the runway preparing to take off
Hoping to change the course of war
Look at me when I am poor and unsure
Look at me when...

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descend from the clouds
while blasting enemy lines
Ahhh!—paratroopers


© Joseph, 1/20/08
© All Rights Reserved


Comments: I wanted to be an air force fighter pilot when I inquired into joining 
ROTC in college.  I didn't have 20/20 vision...

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